Board of School Directors v. City of Ashland
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. By ch. 127, Laws of 1887, a part of the territory of the town of Ashland, in Ashland county, was detached from the town and organized as the city of Ashland. Until that time the town of Ashland had formed one school district, under the township system of school government, designated as the “ Board of School Directors of the Town of Ashland.”
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. By ch. 127, Laws of 1887, a part of the territory of the town of Ashland, in Ashland county, was detached from the town and organized as the city of Ashland. Until that time the town of Ashland had formed one school district, under the township system of school government, designated as the “ Board of School Directors of the Town of Ashland.” At the time of the organization of the city of Ashland the plaintiff owned school-houses and school-house sites within the city limits of the value of $24,500. Py the terms of the city charter the title…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed March 16, 1894:
Newman, J.
As will be readily seen, there is no provision of sec. 2, ch. 384, Laws of 1885, which requires the new school district which is organized from territory detached from an old school district to pay to the old school district anything on account of school-houses or school-house sites or any real estate whatever belonging to the old school district which shall be situated in the new district. It is the new district which is to receive from the old one, not the old district from the new one. The new district is liable to the old district “…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Town of Milwaukee v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
- Board of School Directors v. Board of School DirectorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- Miller v. Town of JacobsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
- Board of School Directors v. School District No. 1Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
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- State ex rel. Town of Princeton v. MaikWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902